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Friday, June 20, 2003
UW plans to offer new degree online: master's with security focus - Nguyen Huy Vu, Seattle Times
In response to rising concerns over homeland security in recent years, the University of Washington plans to offer a new online master's degree this fall designed to prepare students to manage natural and human-made crises and disasters. "We currently teach a number of courses in natural-hazard mitigation. We thought the next natural step was to teach students how to deal with any disaster, whether stemming from natural disasters, normal accidents to terrorist threats," said Hilda Blanco, chairwoman of the UW Department of Urban Design and Planning.
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